Netbook Wallpaper
I've got one of those little netbooks, an eee pc 900. With their 1024x600 screen and puny CPU's I thought. Better make my self a selection of suitably size, pretty and colleague annoying wallpapers. So here they are. My Netbook Wallpapers. The literate .....
Tombstoning the Royal bath
WARNING this Video contains profanity (again). Actually it contains "Goldie Looking Chain", which is pretty profain! This is a video of Eli "tombstoning" in the Malapa Chasm, AKA the Nuiand Royalties bathing spot. There are photos of me an Christian .....
Land Jumping
"Land Jumping" the famous South Pacific Bungee where you tie a vine around your legs and jump of a wooden scaffold. Looks incredibly painful. There's not much bounce in a vine. Filmed in Penetecost Island, Vanuatu.
Volcano Video
This video was shot on a volcano on the island of Tanna in Vanuatu. Fortunately its reliably active, yes it is dangerous, but Tanna barely has electricity and, thank god, no health and safety executive. Al reckons it look like bonfire night at .....
Attenborough
Warning contains swear words.... would never happened if we'd got that Steve Irwin bloke. I'm new to this embedded media malarkey, don't seem to work with internet explorer, which is ironic since 1st supposed to use windows media player. Seems to .....
Walk in the Woods
Rain forest. Dorrio National Park. You really cannot see the woods for the trees here.
Pub with no Beer
Arrrrgh.... No beer... Actually inspiration for a famous (never heard it my self song "The Pub with no Beer"
Meat Raffle
Back in Port Macquarie at Jackys house, and the great Australian meat raffle. Yes Meat raffle. Tofu is proof that nature abhores a vegan.
Port Macquarie News
Click Image to download (PDF 1meg)Port Macquarie News, Monday, July 21, 2008Page 11, part thereof. Coverinng Jackal's Arrival in Austraila, apparently my Name's spelt wrong. Not that I noticed mind. The reporters didn't actually turn up Jackie just .....
Land Jumping
Tie a vine to your legs and jump out of a perfectly serviceable, ok, slightly rickety scaffold.
Rarotonga
I don’t like going “its my favourite”, or “the best”. I guess I’m just indecicive. I justify it by the assumption one day it might be bettered. However I’ve been to Rarotonga twice. Its exceptionally good, .....
Jackal Wallpaper
More Desktop Wallpapery goodness. Me Al and Christian arriving in Nuka Hiva. Isles Marquesas, French Polynesia, aboard "Jackal" Al's Beneteau Oceanis 411.March 2008.1024x768 | 1280 x 1024 | 1600x1200 | 800x600 | 640x4801440x900 | 1400x1050 | 1680x1050 | .....
OCEAN hippie - the newsletter
Right Click and Save target as to download "Bored in the Pacific" an oceanhipie's rant. This is mostly rewrite or reprint of what's here on the website, its just in printable form so you can read it on the toilet. I'm assuming that even with .....
Panama Canal Video
The Panama canal in 7 and a bit minutes, staring the Yachts Jackal and Scratch. Shot on the 6th and 9th of feb 2008 Sound track courtesy of some monks and a computer game Jake likes....
Panama Canal
Yacht Scratch I actually went through twice, once a board Scratch and again on Jackal. Scratch can be described as an intercontinental ballistic cruising boat. This is a small subset of yachts for the impatient cruiser. Think of an open 60, like .....
Bonaire and Aruba
Photos of the Dutch Antilles and sailing between them. Warning may contain lizards.
Rollup Smoking on Yachts
Caroline, a committed yottie roller Rollups, a European thing, but we the rits take it more seriously.Can be difficult to get baccy out side the UK. Here's your essential guide to baccy availability. Gran Canaria El Courte Inglais. Stocks .....
The Caribbean
Los Testigos, beach on Testigo Grande Well I've left Island Kea II, in St Lucia. Which was a shame. The 2 weeks before Christmas were spent at ARC parties, hanging out on the beach and a little Christmas shopping in Castris. Met Allen off "jakal", .....
Anse Chastanet
Taken whilst touring St Lucia in a hire car, mostly underwater snorkeling in Anse Chastenet, just north of the pitons.
Yet another Atlantic crossing
Panoramic View of Gran Canaria Yet another Atlantic Crossing. Well it wasn't, this was my 4th crossing, third in this direction. I confidently predicted that "I'd practically worn out that bit of Sea". This it turned .....
Animals and Children
Caroline and Niel didn't get a hotel they got a house with 3 kids a goat 2 dogs some chickens and a sheep.
St Lucia wall paper - Mystic Mountain Brew
Am I missing English beer? well not much, the local brew is actually quite nice.Its "Piton" named after the 2 sharp peaks near Sourfiere in St Lucia.Any way in a fit of boredom I made this. The arm is Katrin's.1024x768 | 1280 x 1024 | 1600x1200 | 800x600 .....
Zip Line
Rain forest zip line and mountain biking in St Lucia, mountain biking was tame and lame but zip lines were well cool.
